Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULES-6470702
  • published20 Mar 2024
  • disclosed10 Apr 2023

Introduced: 10 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-30456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1404.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.8. nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4.

CVSS Scores

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